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PUBLISHER: Freight Books
FORMAT: Hardback
ISBN: 9781911332084
RRP: £9.99
PAGES: 128
PUBLICATION DATE:
October 20, 2016
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A Drink of One’s Own: Cocktails for Literary Ladies
Laura Becherer
50 cocktails each inspired by famous women writers from around the world, from the United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, France, Germany and others. With cocktail recipes and literary profiles of the writers that inspired them, discover the delights of the Sylvia Plath, the Virginia Woolf, the Simone de Beauvoir, the Zelda Fitzgerald, the Angela Carter, the Margaret Attwood, the Jane Austen, the Margeurite Duras and the Elfriede Jelinek. This is a beautifully conceived and presented gift book celebrating the very best in women’s writing, with beautiful illustrations of each writers and photography of many of the cocktails.
Laura Becherer
Laura Becherer is a doctoral student at the University of Glasgow. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and German and a master’s degree in Creative Writing, both obtained at University of Wisconsin institutions. Laura is now a doctoral student at the University of Glasgow and is working on her first novel, which explores trauma through the lens of magical realism and fairy tale. Cameo Marlatt is a Canadian writer living in Scotland, where she is studying towards a DFA in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. She has a BAH in English from Queen’s University, Canada, and an MSc in English from the University of Edinburgh. Savannah Marlatt is an illustrator living in Vancouver, where she is currently working towards a PhD in Art History at the University of British Columbia. She has a BAH in Art History from Queenis University, Canada, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Art Conservation from West Dean College, UK.